I was actually going to give the man a donation, but either he didn’t come by my place or I was out when he did. Usually I was able to just roll over and go back to sleep, and somehow […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Okay, I know Egypt is not very advanced economically and there’s many factors in play, but COME ON AMERICA. Figure out your health care costs! Preferably before I move back, please. Health care is really cheap here, but don’t take […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Ref: Borg El Arab Just throwing this out there: vocalizing the written word in a written comic is HARD. Also throwing this out there: porgs are adorable. As soon as I saw the sign for Porg El Arab, I knew […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I have also learned that ordering food off of Otlob (a food delivery service that has around 100 restaurants on it) is pretty much a crap shoot during Ramadan. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn’t, and sometimes they accept the […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Yeah, that wasn’t a good day, and not all of it even got into this comic. But huzzah for Aya taking me to the police station to get a police report and Momtaz for driving me to Cairo on short […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
After seven months, Meagan and I are finally reunited! She’s here for about a week and a half, and it’s so nice to SHARE my world with her. I can describe it, I can draw it, but it’s hard to […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
So yeah, I have a cleaning lady. Kind of weird for me, but hey, Egypt’s climate does result in a lot of cleaning to do. If you haven’t seen Doonesbury creator Gerry Trudeau’s TV show Alpha House, I highly encourage it.
True story. We went five stops after smoke started coming out from under the tram before they finally called it quits and we had to walk from Mostafa Kamel instead of our usual stop in Roushdy (added about a half […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Pretty sure just about everyone who flies knows this feeling. Fun fact about this comic: at the time of this writing (yay actually having a comic buffer!), Meagan knows I am plotting a secret trip when she visits over spring […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Wow, after the past month this commentary seems pretty barren. But yes, not everything is European influence. We get a few American words in as well. And I think I’ve finally figured out how to draw Sarah’s hair! It has […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…